Where does “kakulawas” come from?

kakulawas (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

kakulawas (Tagalog): chromatid

Definitions

  1. chromatid

Ancestry of “kakulawas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoLawasbody; torso
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →